Cigar and gigarette holder.



J. G. RIDER.

cIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. I9I8.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

BEIGE.

' it 0F ROCKFGRD, ILLINOS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES HERBERT LEWIS, GF HQCKEORE, ILLINOIS.

CFE-132%?, LND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

peciacaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3i, 1918.

Application led may e, 1916. erial No. 232,597.

ift all 'whom i may concern.

it known that i, darai. Rinne, a citizen oi" the United itates,y residing at Bockord., in county et Winnebago and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders, ot which the following is a specification.

,t nie ini. entren pertain., to holders roi car rying cigars and cigarettes while the same are being' smoked. These holders are extensiveiy aneth because they afford a more convenient, `eanitary and satiefactory means for carrying lighted cigar or cigarette While emolring than ny simply carrying the cigar or cigarette directly .hy the fingers and smoking hy direct contactwith the lips. The heldere are characterized hy a hotly proaided one end with a mouth piece or hit and at the opposite end with a socket for the reception of one end of a cigar or cigarette foryholding the saine. the socket and mouth f icing connected by the usual draft passage.; "Tile cigar or cigarette must he firmly pressed into the Socket in order to hold. and because the interposition oi the holder, the cigar er cigarette is invariably smoked down, tra or at least very close to the socket before the smoker is'aware of the fact. 'lo ex tract from the socket the shortilighted end or ,Steh which has heen firmly'presned therein, ery frequently inconveniences the. smoker. her the are hui-ned or soiled-r or come other means muet he inserted `in the socket.'y and sometimes. the holders are broken hy knocking thcin against some hard ohject in the endeavor to dislodge the particles that cling to the walls ot' the socket.

ln the prcaent invention, have aimed to overcome these objections by the provision. ot' an improved holder embodying means for ejectiug therefrom the short end or stuh of a cigar or cigarette left in the socket. This ia :nfcompliehed in a very simple and practical main hy providing means operable e terior oi the holder for preneing" the stub o of the Hochet. Such means in i "fs with the ordinary holder and in tact, various advantages "om nee., as wilt evident antL itcd trom the toliowing deecription ered in connection with the acdrawings, in which* figure Ii is a top View of a cigar or ciga- ,rette holder vembodying my improvements.;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through the holder, illustrating the ejector in normal position; and i,

Fig. 3, a similar View showing the ejecto in extended position.

The holder proper may he ot any conventional design and construction, and it should be understood that my invention is in no Way limited to the shape, form or dimensions of the holder. These are generally made in a singlc'part or of a sectional construct-ion in whichthe mouth piece or hit is screwed onto the part having the socket..- The* example illuatratedY in the drawing is of sectional construction. comprising a body portion designated generali)Y hy character 4, provided at one end with a suitable socket 5 and haing threadingly connected to its opposite end, a mouth piece or hit The usual. draft passage 7 connects the socket 5 with the mouth piece. The socket, so far as the invention is concerned, is practically the same as found in an)v cigar or cigarette holder and may he ot suitable size to receive either a cigar or cigarette or-both, the case niay'rbe.

My invention contemplates` the provision oi' an ejector normally disposed at the loottom of the socket and ino vahle toward the mouth thereof hy the manual operation of means at the exterior ot the holder, whereby the stub or short end of the cigar or cigarette may he forcibly pressed out of, or expelled troni the Socket. The ejector, prefcrahlj.' in the 'form of a plunger 0f the Same, or practically the same, cross-Sectional dimensions as the socket, is adapted to slide out' and in from and to its normal position. The eiector or plunger shown in the drawing and designated by reference character 8 is disposed in an inward extension 9 of the socket 5, and in the present instance is shaped on its tace to conform to the shape ot the socket, although this is not necessary. Means is now provided which may be manually operated from the exterior of the hoider for moving 'the ejector 8 toward the mouth of the socket and for returning the ejector to normal position. This consists in the present instance oi a rod 11 ixedly secured in any Suitable manner to the ejector and extending througlr passage l2 in thev holder i substantially parallel with the passage 7, to a medial point at the exterior of 'the holder. The outer end of the rod 11 imv terminates in a suitable finger grip pref crably formed by an annular groove 13 in the end of the rod. The plunger 8 is projected by pressing forwardl on the end of the rod 11, and retracted y engaging the finger nail in the groove 13 and drawing tlierod rearwardly. By reason of thls construction the plunger 8 and rod 11 may be withdrawn through the socket 5 for cleaning. It will be especially noted that the draft passage does not continue through the plunger 8. Instead, however, the opening 9 is suiciently large to allow passage around the plunger, thus providing an indirect draft. This construction prevents nicotin from being easily drawn into the passage 7, as will be obvious.

vThe operation of my improvements is simple. The plunger 8 remains at the bottom of the socket when a cigar or cigarette is being lrcld` and when the same is smoked down to or close to the holder, the stub may be quickly and fully ejected from the holder by shoving the end 13 forwardly by hand to the position shown in Fig. 3. Thus the "fer does not soil or injure his fingers, and the inconvenience often experienced in removing the stub from cigar 'holders as formerly iliade, is entirely avoided.

It is believed that the foregoing conveys a clear understanding of my improvements and the objects prefaced above, and it should be understood that while l have illustrated and described one practical embodiment thereof, various changes might be made in the construction and arrangement Witho'ut departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims, in Which- I claim:

l. A cigar or cigarette holder provided at one end with a mouth piece and at its opposite end with an open socket adapted to receive and hold a cigar or cigarette, and having a draft passage between the Socket and mouth piece, the medial portion of the holder being of less cross-sectional dimension than the socket end of the holder and having a passage substantially parallel with the draft passage and reaching from the socket to the exterior ofthe holder, an ejector normally disposed in the bottom of the socket, and a substantially straight onepiece actuating member connected to the ejector vand slidingly extending 'through the second mentioned passage in the body to the exterior thereof at the rearofthe socket, the :exterior end of said member-being operable to move the ejector toward the mouth of the socket to eject a stub or confined end of a cigar or cigarette from the holder and being further movable through the passage to permit of the entire removal of the ej ector and its operating member through the opening of the cigar holding socket.

2. A cigar or cigarette holder comprising a body provided at one end with a mouth piece 'and at its opposite end with an open socket adapted to receive and hold a cigar or cigarette and having a draftpassage between the socket and mouth piece, an ejector normally disposed in the :bottom of the:

socket, and a singlepiece'actuating member connected to theejector, the body having a passage extending uninterruptedly 'substantially parallel with the draft passa-ge from the socket to the exterior ofthe body at the rear of the socket,sa id member being normally slidable lengthwise through the second mentioned passage and snugly fitting therein so as to preclude the admission of air through the passage to the socket' or JAYv e. einen. 

